A fundraising page was established to contribute to the costs of the funeral with a target of £1,000 and McClean covered the complete cost but the page has raised over £3,000 in total.

In November of last year, McClean has donated a bespoke hand cycle trike to a young Derry girl with Spina Bifida and earlier this year, he helped pay for the cancer treatment of four-year-old Daragh McCleary.